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ARTICLE · 30 MAY 2022

Executor Not Arbiter - The Role Of The Trustee In A Dispute Between Beneficiaries

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The judgment by Justice Williams is unusual in its forcefulness and contains a number of specific criticisms of the actions and behaviour of the trustee executors.

GuernseyLitigation, Mediation & Arbitration
Thomas Cutts-Watson
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This article was first published in the ThoughtLeaders4 Private Client magazine, the offshore edition. and can be downloaded in full here.

This article by Thomas Cutts-Watson examines the very recent decision handed down by the Bermuda Court of Appeal in the matter of Ingham & Anor v Wardmanet al [2022] CA (Bda) 7 Civ.

The judgment by Justice Williams is unusual in its forcefulness and contains a number of specific criticisms of the actions and behaviour of the trustee executors. Those criticisms - and the overarching tenor of the judgment - should be at the forefront of a trustee's thinking in circumstances where a dispute arises between beneficiaries.

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